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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

New York rates for HCPCS 84437

Measures thyroxine, the main hormone made by the thyroid gland, in blood that has been dried onto a filter paper card. The sample has to be soaked back out of the paper before it can be measured. This is the form used for newborn screening, where a few drops from a heel prick are collected on a card.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$4.79 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$6.76 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$15.85
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$43.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.22
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.59
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$14.79
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$20.89
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$22.39

Where New York sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New York· 31st of 51

$6.46

NE $15.49DC $4.79

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.